The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERsoNAL AND PoLTT1CAL-

He was born in Rhode Island and gradu- /
ated from Yale college in 1880. He was |
author of the wcu-Enown hymn, my /
Faith Looks Up to Thee
THE probable appontees on the Pacific /
Railway Commission are eX-GovernOr |
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Bragg, of Wisconsin, and David 1. 4
Littler, OF Springfield, III.
COLONEL Z. G. MORE, Committeeman TO /
Mexico paid his respects to the President
and Secretary Bayard on the 3)th.
RELATIONS are again reported to be
strained between Secretary Endicott and
General Sheridan conc srning the appoint
ment powers of the latter
THE New York SIN, states that James
q. Blaine has completed all his arrange
ments for a European tour. Mr. Blaine
will sail in june and remain abroad for
over year.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has returned TO
Washington from his Western trip.
BUFFALO Bill and his Wild West show
sailed for London on "a chartered steamer
on the 3lst
Mr.. CHARLES DE LEssEPs, son of the
French engineer, arrived in New Orleans
on the Goth from PauUm1 He is staying
at the home of some relatives of whom he
has quite a number in the city.
EARL CADOGAN, i'm the British House of
Lords on the 3lst, introduced an Irish
Purchase bill
COMMANDER CHADWICK, who has been
on duty as naval attachc of the American
legation in London, arrived in Washing
ton on the Both, and reported ut the Naval
Department. His business ia to consult
with the department in reference TO the
construction of the new COTTON armOred
vessels for which he has been collecting
plans and information in Europe.
COLONEL FLETCHER r. CuPPY, lawyer
Of Washington, ID. C., diel suddenly at
Hot Springs, Ark, on the 31st,
TrTE of Of a
Queens railway carnage uecessitated
fun days delay in the British royal party
reaching Cannes, France.
CARDINAL MANNING has written a letter
indorsiug the position taken by Cardinal
Gibbons concerning the Knights of Labor
in America.
CHARLES $. FAmcHuD, of New York,
was appointed Secretary Of the Treasury
on the lst, and Isaac II. Maynard assistant
secretary
HENRY M. STANLEY, tho noted explorer
writes from the interior Of Africa, giving
gloomy p.cturs OF the British status in
that country. He says that France, Portu-
gal and Germany have virtually driven
British trade and prestige away
JAMES f. RoBISsoS, or Fargo, OAK, has
been disbarrei from practising an a.
torney before tho Interior Dep n TIM mt its
bureaus and local offires.
x THE Secre@lry or w ar, in order to re-
spond to tho request Of Senator Coc1rell,
chairman Of the senate sclccs committee
to investigate the work of the de part
ments, has directed a thorough investigE-
tion of the work Of each bureau.
SECRETARY ENDJCDTT has issued a cir
cuiar calling for Information relative to
the condition of business il the w ar De
partment, the business methods of the
bureaus and other matters required by
Senator Cocl1relps COMMITTEES.
A PENSION has beea granted Petcr Schu-
maker, formerly private in Compluy d,
Fourth Wisconsin cavalry, on the ground
OF insanity. He gets SI2 per month and
arrearages. aggregatng Sl2,5)H one of the
biggest pensio plymeatS evcc made.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has approved the
report of the board appointed to select the
sites for the two new dry docks au-
thorized by tho last Congress The docks
will be located at the Now York and Nor
folk yards, and VIII be built by contract
ON the general plan Of the Simpson dry
docks.
GENERAL p. M B YoUNG of Georgia,
late the Committeeman at 81. Petersburg,
rs prominently mento oaed Tor appoint
mout to the Austrian mission General
Young himself states. however, that he is
not an applicant for the position.
WILLIAM RlCs WARD, Missouri pio-
nee, died on the lst at Ssdalia, aged
ninety-foUr years
QUEEN VICToRIA was received with
much pomp and ceremony at Cannes,
France, on the lst.
PROF. RICHARD A. PEOCTOR, the astTou-
omer is going to remove from St Joseph,
Mo, to Florida.
Ex-SEcHErARY MAVNING's health is re
ported to have grown worse s.nce his ar
rival IN England.
SOME Of Congressman Sprin gers friends
have recommended him to tho President
for the vacant Sou horn Illinois Judge
ship.
MARrtN V MONTGOMERY. of Michigan,
has baen appointed Associate Justice Of
The Supreme Court Of the Dist~'st of Col
umbia.
"BUcKsKtN JoE'' o.. $. WirGs) is at Fort
Worth, Tex, porrecling q Panhandle
colony scheme. He is stiil determined to
settle in Okl lhoma.
FORMAL cOmpl1iut has oeeu made TO the
Civil Service Commission against ColeC-
tor Sceburgcr, of Chicago, charging him
with violation of tha law. II wtl have a
hearing about April H.
M. ANTOINE, a member of the Reicustag
from Alsace Losra.nc, hIs been cXpclel
from that country by the Germ IN Govern
meut and escorted across the frontier
His expulsion has groltlv inccnsad the
populace of Paris and France nerally.
Mis-. FoLsoN has re urnel from Michi-
gan, and is in retirement az On sv,ow. Mrs
Cleveland drives out each day and spends
an hour with her mother
THE President has recognized Arturo T..
Mexico for Boston, Mass, and its district,
and Isaac T. Sui-h h, Consu-Gencral Of
Siam at Now YORK.
Mrs Cleveland recently received n
call from the former bride of the White
House, Mrs. JOAN Ty.er who is visiting
her son, DR.. LnChl d Tyler, la Washing
ton. Mrs. Tyler was INTRODUCED by Mrs.
Villas.
Colonel BoEEUr q INGERSoLL was adj
mitted TO practice at th1 bar in tho State
of New YORK, on the Ist, before the gsn-
Cral term Of tho supreme Court. When
he was asked TO be sworn he refused, and
affirmed i'm place thereof. He then signed
the roll.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
CITY MAEsHAL WWTNEY OF Blngoc Ne,
has received "a dispatch from Olkland,
Cal, announcing ths arrcs, of Calvin
Graves, the murderer of game wardCus
Hin and Niles at Fletchlr's brook last
fall.
OK the % Ia AlfrsI Smith. convicted of
murder i'm the second degree, at Cleve-
land, O., was scateuccl TO ths pcaiten-
tiarv for life. a smla ovarClms his face
- as the judge pronounced the decree Of the
court